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When creating a node, how can you get the latitude and longitude required for locfinder from the Melway street directory?

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When creating a node, how can you get the latitude and longitude required for locfinder from the Melway street directory?

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Interpolate using the red lines, then convert from AMG. The links for looking up geographic coordinates on your node editing page (that is, the automatically or manually links) may not work if you have set your browser to suppress those annoying server-side pop-up advertisements. Even if the links are working, you may not be able to get a result from the automatically link or have difficulty finding your street on the manually link. The following method produces comparable results and is provided for hackheads like myself who enjoy a little calculator play. The Melway street directory shows the Australian Map Grid (AMG) with fine, red, dotted lines at 1000 m intervals on the ground or 50 mm on the page. Where each red line intersects with the map border, small black numbers indicate the Easting ordinate (across the top and bottom of the map) and the Northing ordinate (up the sides of each map). Unfortunately locfinder 2.0 does not use AMG co-ordinates, so you have to convert them to ge

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